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In agriculture, a bumper crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest. The word "bumper" in this context comes from a usage that means "something unusually large", [ 1 ] which is where this term comes from.
The term "bumper crop" appears to have come from the olden days. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, when a glass of beer or wine was filled to the rim it was called a "bumper.” Pluses ...
In Biennial bearing a good or excellent (bumper) crop is followed by a poor, low-yielding crop in the next year's harvest. This phenomenon occurs independently of weather and climate, so that even when climatic conditions are favourable for a good crop, the yield can be poor. There can be a fivefold (x5) difference between on and off years ...
By choosing the right varieties, nurturing nutrient-rich soil, and staying vigilant against pests, you can enjoy a bumper crop of flavorful tomatoes. Whether you’re growing in containers or a ...
Alan Harvey, the college's head of curriculum for horticulture & floristry, said: "You need good soil to grow other crops in the UK but you can grow crops in a car park using this technology."
"The Panic of 1819 … was compounded by many factors—overexpansion of credit during the post-war years, the collapse of the export market after the bumper crop of 1817 in Europe, low prices of imports from Europe which forced American manufacturers to close, financial instability resulting from both the excessive expansion of state banking ...
A bumper crop and early harvest are straining storage facilities. "It has been fast and furious," Brent Johnson, a corn and soybean farmer in Ashland, Illinois, said of harvesting.
A crop of seeds is generally produced every year with a bumper crop often occurring every second year. A single tree between 5 and 20 cm (2.0 and 7.9 in) in diameter can produce between 12,000 and 91,000 seeds in a season. A tree 30 cm (0.98 ft) in diameter was shown to produce nearly a million seeds. [8]